Stockton Institute for Lifelong Learning
SILL: The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
Every Tuesday in April until 4/22
Tuesday,
April 1,
2025
| 12
- 1 p.m.
Location: Stockton Hammonton, Room 201
With a growing need for morale-boosting activities on the home front during WWII,
the first women’s professional baseball league was created. Existing from 1943-1954,
the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL) formed the foundation
for women’s professional sports. In this course, learn about history of the league,
including the training, rules, and players.
Patty Chappine is an adjunct professor at Stockton University. Her recent book New Jersey Women during World War II: On the Home Front and Abroad was published by Lexington Books in 2024.
Click on the event title to register. Tuition for each four-session SILL course is $45. Courses are FREE for residents age 60+ who live in Atlantic County.
Patty Chappine is an adjunct professor at Stockton University. Her recent book New Jersey Women during World War II: On the Home Front and Abroad was published by Lexington Books in 2024.
Click on the event title to register. Tuition for each four-session SILL course is $45. Courses are FREE for residents age 60+ who live in Atlantic County.
SILL: Who are "we"? American Immigration & Citizenship Policy and The Italians on
the Land
Begins April 15 & ends 5/6
Tuesday,
April 15,
2025
| 10:30
- 11:30 a.m.
Location: Stockton at Hammonton Room 201, Room 307 on 5/6
In the first half of this course, we will review the history of immigration and citizenship
policy in the United States - from the Revolutionary period to today. In the second
half of the course, we will take a special look at an anthropological study written
by Dr. Emily Fogg Mead(e), an early American sociologist and scholar of Italian immigration
(and mother to anthropologist Margaret Mead!). We will read Dr. Meade's The Italians
on the Land, written about Italian immigrants to Hammonton, NJ and discuss how her
work sheds light on the complexities of immigration and xenophobia in the South Jersey
region in the late 1800s-early 1900s. This course is being presented with support
from the Historical Society of Hammonton.
Dr. Jess Bonnan-White is a Professor of Criminal Justice at Stockton University and an affiliated faculty member of the MA in Holocaust and Genocide Studies program. She studies homeland security and policing and is currently engaged in a long-term research project on policing in Northern Ireland. She has a BA in Archaeology (Washington University - St. Louis), an MA in Anthropology (Northern Illinois University), and a PhD in Anthropology (University of Iowa). Dr. Bonnan-White is a resident of Hammonton and is active in humanitarian work as a volunteer with the New Jersey Region of the American Red Cross.
Click on the title to register. Tuition for each four-session SILL course is $45. Courses are FREE for residents age 60+ who live in Atlantic County.
Dr. Jess Bonnan-White is a Professor of Criminal Justice at Stockton University and an affiliated faculty member of the MA in Holocaust and Genocide Studies program. She studies homeland security and policing and is currently engaged in a long-term research project on policing in Northern Ireland. She has a BA in Archaeology (Washington University - St. Louis), an MA in Anthropology (Northern Illinois University), and a PhD in Anthropology (University of Iowa). Dr. Bonnan-White is a resident of Hammonton and is active in humanitarian work as a volunteer with the New Jersey Region of the American Red Cross.
Click on the title to register. Tuition for each four-session SILL course is $45. Courses are FREE for residents age 60+ who live in Atlantic County.
Rosie the Riveter: Women Defense Workers of WWII
Every Tuesday until May 27th
Tuesday,
May 6,
2025
| 12
- 1 p.m.
Location: Hammonton Room 201, 307 on 5/6
During WWII, women worked for the defense industry as welders, riveters, machinists,
and much more. In this course, learn about the real-life Rosie the Riveters who stepped
into new roles and became an essential part of the war effort.
Patty Chappine is an adjunct professor at Stockton University. Her recent book New
Jersey Women during World War II: On the Home Front and Abroad was published by Lexington
Books in 2024.
Click on the event title to register. Tuition for each four-session SILL course is $45. Courses are FREE for residents age 60+ who live in Atlantic County.
Reading as a Way of Life
Every Monday until June 30th
Monday,
June 2,
2025
| 9
- 10 a.m.
Location: Stockton at Hammonton Room 201
Come and explore reading as a lifelong journey, focusing on how it shapes identity,
critical thinking, and understanding of the world. Participants will discuss the emotional
and cultural impact of books, share meaningful passages, and celebrate the joy of
literature in a collaborative space. Bring your love for reading and your favorite
passages as we create a shared space to celebrate and reflect on the joy and importance
of literature.
Professor Erin O’Hanlon
Click on the event title to register. Tuition for each four-session SILL course is $45. Courses are FREE for residents age 60+ who live in Atlantic County.
Professor Erin O’Hanlon
Click on the event title to register. Tuition for each four-session SILL course is $45. Courses are FREE for residents age 60+ who live in Atlantic County.
Understanding Cannabis from Past to Present
Every Tuesday until June 24th
Tuesday,
June 3,
2025
| 12
- 1 p.m.
Location: Online via Zoom
The history of cannabis is long, complex, and fascinating. While it has been used
in a variety of ways by humans for many years, we have a complicated relationship
with the plant today. To understand more about this controversial flowering herb,
we can look to major historical events, public policy and public opinion, and marijuana
messaging over the last century to gain insight about the continued federal prohibition,
despite state-by-state legalization.
Professor Angela Speakman is a member of the teaching staff for the Hemp and Cannabis Business Management degree program at Stockton University. Also, she is the Founder/CEO of Elucidation Strategies, a cannabis education and planning agency.
Click on the event title to register. Tuition for each four-session SILL course is $45. Courses are FREE for residents age 60+ who live in Atlantic County.
Conversational French for Adults (Part 1)
Every Thursday until June 26th
Thursday,
June 5,
2025
| 4
- 5 p.m.
Location: Stockton Galloway Campus Room TBD
Using dual French and English, Session I includes special techniques for adult learners,
beginners or intermediates. Included are class exercises with French words and phrases
recognizable in English, expressions useful for personal needs (travel, business or
simply friendship and cultural interests). Scholars claim that language learning creates
new neural pathways in the adult brain, keeping it active and healthy.
Professor Jacques Press is an experienced instructor with an international background who spent many years at Stockton University. Fluent in French and English, he has conducted several conversation classes to local adults, under the direction of Stockton’s Office on Continuing Studies. Currently, he facilitates regular French online weekly meetings to a wider community of interest.
Click on the event title to register. Tuition for each four-session SILL course is $45. Courses are FREE for residents age 60+ who live in Atlantic County.
